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Rob To Test Google Glass!

Rob Banks — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:24:56 +0000

I am very excited about this opportunity that I received about a month ago. I was asked to be on the R & D team for Google’s next big thing: Google Glass! Imagine your vision. Now imagine YouTube popping up in the middle of your sight. Imagine just saying the words “Google nearest gas station,” [...]

Google's Most-Searched Items In 2012

Dale Mussen — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:16:30 +0000

What were people most interested in during 2012? Google will give you an idea. Here is their year-ending list of the Top 10 most-searched items for the past 12 months. (Getty Images) 10 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston's death on February 11th triggered more searches than any other person or topic. (Getty Images) [...]

Google Makes Year in Review Video for Folks Who Weren't Paying Attention

Emerald Catron — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:00:26 +0000

It’s nice to know that Google isn’t just harvesting information about us and selling it to advertisers. Look! They also used our searches to make this video! The video, ‘Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review,’ shows the top (non-porn) search terms for the last year and includes video as much as possible. If they included porn [...]

The World's LARGEST Snowflake? [VIDEO]

Craig Matthews — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:49:08 +0000

Imagine my surprise on Saturday morning when I went to my Google page on my computer. I learned that January 28, 2012 is the 125th anniversary of the largest snowflake ever seen! OK, I admit it…this got my attention. Perhaps now it has your curiosity! Ah, the Internet…where else would we learn so much? Perhaps [...]

The First Youtube Video

Dale Mussen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:01 +0000

The internet’s most visited website is Google followed closely by Facebook. Coming in third is Youtube which is also the second-most used search engine just behind Google. Youtube was created in 2005 and acquired by Google the following year. The very first Youtube video is only 19 seconds long and was uploaded at 8:27 PM [...]

This Day in History for September 4 – Google Founded and More

Shauna Wright — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:00:46 +0000

1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film (More info)

1957 – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School (More info)

Have You Heard Of Google+ ?

Aaron James — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:47:32 +0000

It’s amazing how much things have changed in the last decade. Everything is always evolving and what was hot yesterday is old and outdated the next. Take a look at cell phones for example the iPhone and the Android devices that seem to do everything now except make dinner and clean the house. How about social media? There was Myspace and now there’s Facebook that has 500 million users , plus Twitter that everyone seems to have now. Well, get ready for the next big thing in social media “Google+”.